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Show BASEBALL REMINISCENCES CAUSE OF LOSS OF LICENSE ST. LOUIS, Aug. 4 "Bill" Joyco, the former major league star player, lost his saloon license yesterday all because he became so engrossed in conversation with Manager McGraw of the New York Nationals Na-tionals that he forgot to close his Sixth street place at tho stroke of midnight Saturday night. July 23. Jovce, at his hearing before Excise Commissioner Caullficld, admitted that he kept open until 12:30 o'clock Sunday morning, but denied that he sold a drink after 12, McGraw and Sam Crane, a New York sporting writer, were in Joyce's barroom, when the town clock struck 12. Crane wanted another drink, but Joyce testified testi-fied that he did not get it and that all he and the two guests did until a policeman police-man came was to talk baseball. Ho did not state whether they arrived at any solution of the difficulties of the fe'l. Louis teams. Caulifield, in revoking his license, li-cense, gave Joyce until August 22 to settle set-tle his affairs. Joyce earned the sobriquet of "Scrappy Bill" during his career as a baseball star In the big leagues. He engaged in the saloon business with Pat Tbbcau, also a former baseball manager, and the two dlapolviid partnership after tossing a coin to see which should buy the other out. " |